Dr. Tallie Z. Baram

UCI research finds parents’ unpredictable behavior may impair optimal brain circuit formation

Disrupted development increases vulnerability to mental illness, substance abuse

A blue & golden anniversary

As UC Irvine turns 50, the campus community celebrates a ‘bright past’ while anticipating a ‘brilliant future’

Renowned neuroscientist joins UC Irvine as Distinguished Professor of neurobiology & behavior

Bruce McNaughton, one of the foremost experts on the brain mechanisms underlying memory storage and cognition, has joined the UC Irvine School of Biological Sciences as a Distinguished Professor of neurobiology & behavior.

Marcelo Wood

Cancer drug may prevent cocaine relapse behavior

A drug in development to treat cancer could help prevent relapse behavior in people trying to overcome an addiction to cocaine, according to a new study by UC Irvine neuroscientists.

Christie Fowler

UCI neurobiologist Christie Fowler wins prestigious Avenir Award for research on nicotine addiction

Christie Fowler, UCI assistant professor of neurobiology & behavior, is one of six scientists to receive an Avenir Award from the National Institute on Drug Abuse.

Caffeine consumption enhances memory, UCI neurobiologist finds

Michael Yassa, assistant professor of neurobiology & behavior, and his team of scientists found that caffeine has a positive effect on long-term memory in humans.  Their research, published Jan. 12 in the journal Nature Neuroscience, shows that caffeine enhances certain memories for up to 24 hours after it is consumed.

UCI faculty researcher Sunil Gandhi named 2013 Searle Scholar

Sunil Gandhi, assistant professor of neurobiology & behavior at UC Irvine, was recently named one of 15 Searle Scholars for 2013.

UCI faculty researcher Sunil Gandhi named 2013 Searle Scholar

Sunil Gandhi, assistant professor of neurobiology & behavior at UC Irvine, was recently named one of 15 Searle Scholars for 2013.

School of Biological Sciences garners $1.6 million in GAANN awards

Three departments – developmental & cell biology, neurobiology & behavior and ecology & evolutionary biology – receive funding for 12 three-year graduate fellowships.

UC Irvine News Brief: Ricardo Miledi wins prestigious neuroscience award

UCI Distinguished Professor of neurobiology & behavior garners the $25,000 Ralph W. Gerard Prize for outstanding contributions to the field.